Talk:Tsinghua clique

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So the clique's "ascendance to power is likely to begin in 2008". And Hu Jintao is one of them. Isn't he already secretary-general of the Communist Party, president of the People's Republic and chairman of the powerful military committee? I wonder what happens to him in 2008.

Related: see this comment on the generations article. Apus apus 16:52, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I’m sorry, but anyone with a passing knowledge of elite politics in China knows that you simply cannot have a group smaller than the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Politburo that includes people from such different factions as Hu Qili and Song Ping ! If you read Cheng Li’s work, there are many places where he points out the inherent contradiction in the notion of a “Qinghua Clique.” DOR (HK) (talk) 08:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm unclear on what you mean, can you clarify? Are you saying the Tsinghua Clique doesn't have that much real power because they don't have a majority of the Politburo Standing Committee? Using Wikipedia sources, I count three Tsinghua graduates on that committee. I think you are saying that more significance is attached to the Tsinghua Clique than it actually has -- that these powerful people went to Tsinghua, not that these Tsinghua grads decided they wanted to start a Clique and rule China. Are there any recommended English internet sources on the topic? Kevin143 (talk) 23:43, 28 May 2008 (UTC)